TOKYO, Japan: Any escalation of military activities in the Gaza Strip will be "catastrophic" for people there, the UN high commissioner for refugees said Friday.

"(I) can tell you with certainty that any further escalation or even continuation of military activities will just be catastrophic for the people of Gaza," Filippo Grandi told reporters in Japan.

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